SOUND ON SOUND
If you're on a budget, there's nothing to beat buying second-hand. Derek johnson and Debbie Poyser trawl the Reader Ads to highlight more of yesterday's forgotten gear that's worth a closer look.
Paul Overaa's monthly look at the Amiga scene kicks off with the latest Escom news...
Paul White kicks off a new series for newcomers to MIDI.
Simon Millward completes the construction of a Cubase Mixer Map for Yamaha's popular SY85 synth.
Duke Ashton provides a personal guide to setting up a good mix.
Paul White explores the outer limits of physical modelling on a budget that wouldn't even buy you a decent pair of shoestrings!
Need to expand the MIDI side of your system? Vic Lennard looks at the current situation, including a couple of new boxes...
Paul White enters Blue Peter mode and puts together a fully working drum pad and pedal trigger system for less than the cost of a pint of lager. If you own an Alesis D4, drumKAT, Akai ME35T or any other drum machine or percussion controller that accepts external pads, you can't afford to miss this.
Martin Russ explores ways of transferring 16-bit audio files from the Mac to a synth, and reveals what's new in the Mac music world.
Paul White presents a few low-calorie tips on how to sweeten and edit your sounds after mixing them.
Brian Heywood explains what a busy month his PCs have had, and takes another look at the PC's potential for multimedia.
After 'QuickTime and OMS with everything' last month, Martin Russ seeks an alternative view of MIDI on the Mac.
While the likes of Roland TR909 drum machines and TB303 Basslines sell for inflated amounts, less trendy but often more functional gear regularly appears in the free ad columns at unbelievable prices. Derek Johnson takes advantage of the fickle nature of fashion to help you assemble a budget second-hand system...
Vic Lennard considers the current plight of the humble MIDI File Library.
Nothing dampens creativity more than a studio full of 'spaghetti' cabling. This month, Paul White explains the virtues of installing a patchbay to banish cable clutter once and for all.
Not everyone can justify building an acoustically treated, soundproof studio, but with a little effort and ingenuity, you can often make significant improvements to the room you already have at very little cost. Paul White presents a few ideas.
Given the outrageously high asking prices of so-called classic analogue synths, it can often pay to hire them and sample the sounds yourself. Paul Ward passes on a few tips.
Are you about to buy an expensive stand-alone sampler? Think again. If you have a PC, you already own much of the technology required for sampling. Panicos Georghiades puts the case for 'soundcard and PC'-based sampling systems, and compares four popular soundcards.
Something a little different this month, as Paul Overaa provides details of how the Amiga's MIDI facilities can be used from BASIC...